Measuring What Matters

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Argues that tracking small daily signals changes behavior: using a Nike FuelBand and accelerometers produces a unit called fuel metric and a minutes‑active series that correlates with steady weight and fat loss over a year. Mentions alternatives (Fitbit, Jawbone UP, Moves, iPod nano) and a decade of personal logging by Stephen Wolfram. Notes GitHub's daily contributions graph as useful, and that device services and visualizations are weak even though raw data is available to build better dashboards.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:00Graphing
3. 2:00Behavior change
4. 3:00Activity
5. 5:00Outro

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